Japan sends message to China, US with largest military drill in 30 years | South China Morning Post

Japan 's largest military drill in nearly 30 years is primarily an exercise in transporting heavy weapons and materiel to the country's southwest, regarded as the most likely site of a clash with a neighbouring nation, in what analysts say is a much-needed logistical exercise as well as a message to China and the United States . The Japan Ground Self-Defence Force (GSDF) exercise began on Wednesday and will involve units across the country until the end of November - including some 100,000 personnel, 20,000 surface vehicles, and 120 aircraft from all three branches of the Japanese military, as well…